Green Party commits to full platform cost analysis by PBO, as others indicate piecemeal approach

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux says his office is reassuring parties about the process after concerns were raised over platform security.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux, who started in the role in September, said that the preparations for the 2019 election platform costing initiative are going well. The office recently signed an agreement on it with Finance Canada, and is in talks to do the same with Employment and Social Development Canada.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY EMILY HAWS

January 23, 2019

Only one party so far has committed to having the Parliamentary Budget Office check the full cost of its 2019 platform, says spending watchdog Yves Giroux, but come October he expects the others to follow suit, at least for main election platform points. “Th...

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